Table 3. Foods consumed with mabisi.
Product category | Type |
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Cereals | Maize porridge from meal or grits (chelee, Illya)* Sorghum/millet porridge (chelee)* Boiled immature sorghum grains called ‘mututu’ (muselu)* Boiled whole maize grain (titili, dwobo, chibobole, magwaza)* Dehulled maize (samp, musohya)* Boiled fresh maize cob Roasted maize grains called ‘chiwaya’ Rice Pasta Fermented cereal drink called ‘chibwantu’ Opaque beer (sibamu)* |
Fruits | Pawpaw, boiled unripe mango, avocado, baobab powder (chivalavati, mulondo)*, tamarind (mpalwe)*, masuku (chimvwe, chilimbu)*, banana, ripe mango |
Pumpkins | Yellow & green pumpkins Green pumpkin with boiled fresh maize (chidyobo)* |
Baked confectionery | Bread & buns (chikandi)* Scones |
Tubers | Boiled cassava, sweet potatoes, & irish potatoes |
Legumes | Beans Beans with rice Roasted groundnuts called ‘musuka’ |
Cooked side dishes | Beef Fish (tilapia, tigerfish) Vegetables |
*Noted the local name of the product eaten with mabisi is indicated in brackets